Ali was not that great.

[tesla_power]

Actually I started this thread due to another saying that Ali was better than Pacquiao, implying Ali was way more exciting to watch, which was soooo not true, I find Pacquiao way more eciting than Ali, also some people claim and sware Ali is the greatest and have never even seen him fight!

Come on now man. Being better does not imply that he is more exciting. Not all of his fights are exciting but IMO no way are they boring. That unreal speed for a HW is ,relatively speaking, better than Pac's speed at WW. Pacquiao, much as I'm a huge fan, should not yet be considered in the running for GOAT the way Ali is.

[Bhopreign]

How man of you have actually witnessed his fights? First of all, Ali was not exciting to watch, he was a loud mouth disrespectful bastard, and was pretty much hated by America, nobody called him "the greatest" he was the mayweather of that time, people called him a coward for facing smaller men than him, and for fighting guys with limited skills, he only fought a coule hard fights.

People got the wrong info on Ali in here, it makes me laugh when these geniuses act like they've witnesses his fights and he was this unstoppable force.

Ive only read your post, but youre actually telling some truth with your post, the fact about him always calling himself the greatest, it caught on with people, especially when he started to predict rounds he would KO opponents. As the legend grew with him beating good fighters, but the thread title is incorrect.

[Takamura!!!]

Ali was not only very good at boxing, he was great for promoting. He brought big popularity to boxing with his loud mouth and his controversial decision to not become a draftee in the war. It's really ironic because lots of the boxers he fought didn't know that Ali was bringing in all kinds of audiences and revenue

[tibbar]

How man of you have actually witnessed his fights? First of all, Ali was not exciting to watch, he was a loud mouth disrespectful bastard, and was pretty much hated by America, nobody called him "the greatest" he was the mayweather of that time, people called him a coward for facing smaller men than him, and for fighting guys with limited skills, he only fought a coule hard fights.

People got the wrong info on Ali in here, it makes me laugh when these geniuses act like they've witnesses his fights and he was this unstoppable force.

if you have not seen him fight you have no effin right to call him not great. you dont know effin ****

[tibbar]

***** please! I know he had a couple of good fights but he wasn't as great as people make him out to be, usually the ones who argue and fight with everyone are the idiots who never even saw him fight, even Floyd had a couple of exciting fights!

All im saying is that people have the wrong info on Ali, he was HATED!!

And this video just made my point!!!!!!

no one hated him in his time prolly only the US GovT, frazier. and foreman.

[Slowmotion426]

How many times did Cassius Clay get knocked down? I don't know, but it seems like I remember some guy coming off a barstool as a replacement fighter and surprising Clay. Clay went to the mat then too. He lost 5 or 6 fights right? What's so great about that?

[GJC]

How many times did Cassius Clay get knocked down? I don't know, but it seems like I remember some guy coming off a barstool as a replacement fighter and surprising Clay. Clay went to the mat then too. He lost 5 or 6 fights right? What's so great about that?

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[cherokee]

even floydie thinks he is greater than Ali!